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In article <6126@yunexus.UUCP> gall@yunexus.UUCP writes:

 > In article <85218@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry Kort) writes:

 > > Noise is to thinking as genetic mutations are to evolution.  Most
 > > noise is counterproductive, but occasionally the noise leads to a
 > > cognitive breakthrough.  That's called serendipity.
  
 > Don't you think you are playing fast and loose with these concepts?
 > What you say noise is when you equate it with genetic mutation is not
 > the same as what a radio operator knows it to be, what a philosopher
 > knows it to be, and what the mother of a teenager in Windsor, ON
 > knows it to be.

I'm using noise as a metaphor and analogizing it to random perturbations
in an otherwise deterministic system.  I find that analogies and
metaphors are useful tools in creative thinking, helping to direct
the mind toward deeper understanding of complex processes.

 > I'm not saying that you haven't defined your concepts well enough (AI
 > scientists have more that adequately defined it, for their purposes).
 > My question is "What licenses you to shift the meaning of any
 > particular term?"
  
My birthright licenses me to use my brain and mind to seek knowledge
and understanding, and to communicate interesting and intriguing ideas
with like-minded philosophers.

I hope you share the same birthright.  I would hate to see you
voluntarily repress your own opportunity to participate in the
exploration of interesting ideas.

--Barry Kort